Return to pitching after a ream and run for a B2 glenoid

A 50 year old active left-hander presented with a painful, stiff left shoulder and these radiographs, the anteroposterior view showing loss of joint space and a goat's beard osteophyte

 while the axillary "truth" view showed the humeral head to be posteriorly decentered in a biconcave (B2) glenoid.

His x-rays at four years after his ream and run are shown here

Four and one half years after surgery, he sent a video (see below) with a note, "Haven’t “pitched” in 25 years.  This felt good."

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